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Unique petsmart find

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Saw this little betta at petsmart and just had to grab him because I have never seen one with orange before. I was looking for a reason to throw my little pico tank back together anyway, so I put it together on my book case, I think it looks cool there.

Petsmart had him labeled as a "dragonscale" or some nonsense name like that, it's clearly in between a plakat and a fancier breed. I wonder if they are just selling the rejects from spawns that would normally be culled? Edit: Nevermind I just googled it, I guess dragonscale refers to the scale size not the fins. I still say he's a rejected plaket lol. Regardless I think he's unique so I like him :) I need to get a pic of him flaring, he looks a little dumpy with his fins down lol.

I'm looking forward to seeing how he looks after a while in your care.

If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease."Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony CalfoFishless CycleCycling with FishMarine Aquarium Info [URL="http://saltwater.aquaticcommunity.com/"]

If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease."Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony CalfoFishless CycleCycling with FishMarine Aquarium Info [URL="http://saltwater.aquaticcommunity.com/"]

Dragonscale refers to the scales. Dragons are bred for thicker scales, sharper teeth, better resistance to illness, etc. These are fighting bettas. They're also really cool little critters ^_^ I had an amber-colored dragon betta whose thicker scales were cream-colored with a blue iridescence to them.

You found a pretty little fella ^_^ Love the color. I see blue veils with orange fins from time to time, but they're always gone when I try to purchase one ><

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Ha, you know, that actually makes allot of sense. At first I tried keeping him in my soft water community knowing full well he probably wouldn't get along with my wild Paradise fish, but figured it couldn't hurt to try. Well I woke up the next morning to find that he had carved a dime sized chunk clean out of the paradise's tail.... And here I was worried about the betta lol.

"At some point you aren't making the animal more dead...You are just making a bigger mess." - Demjor19

That betta of yours looks very very similar to the one I recently got, blue orange finned Plakat. He was also a reject because he has a growth on one side of his face that he was born with. Picture of him in my signature. :)